Names with "clever" in Meaning

Aghil m Persian
Persian form of Aqil.

Akilah f Arabic, African American
Alternate transcription of Arabic عقيلة (see Aqila).

Algimantas m Lithuanian
From Lithuanian alga "salary, pay" combined with mantus "intelligent" or manta "property, wealth".

Algis m Lithuanian
Short form of Algimantas, Algirdas and other names beginning with the same sound.

Almantas m Lithuanian
From the Lithuanian root al- "all, every" combined with mantus "intelligent" or manta "property, wealth".

Aqeel m Arabic, Urdu
Alternate transcription of Arabic عقيل or Urdu عقیل (see Aqil).

Aqil m Arabic, Urdu
Means "intelligent, wise, reasonable" in Arabic, from the root عقل (ʿaqala) meaning "to have intelligence, to be reasonable". Aqil ibn Abi Talib was the name of a cousin of the Prophet Muhammad.

Aqila f Arabic
Feminine form of Aqil.

Bearach m Irish (Rare)
Modern Irish form of Berach.

Berach m Old Irish
Derived from Old Irish berach meaning "sharp, pointed". This was the name of a 6th-century Irish saint.

Beren f & m Turkish
Means "strong, smart" in Turkish.

Carrol m & f English
Variant of Carroll (masculine) or Carol 1 (feminine).

Carroll m Irish
Anglicized form of Cearbhall. A famous bearer of the surname was Lewis Carroll (1832-1898), whose real name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, a British author known for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

Cearbhall m Irish
From Old Irish Cerball, probably from cerb meaning "pointed, sharp, cutting". This was the name of a few medieval Irish kings.

Cerball m Old Irish
Old Irish form of Cearbhall.

Da m & f Chinese
From Chinese 达 (dá) meaning "achieve, arrive at, intelligent" (which is usually only masculine), 大 (dà) meaning "big, great, vast, high", or other characters with a similar pronunciation.

Daumantas m Lithuanian
From Lithuanian daug "much" combined with mantus "intelligent" or manta "property, wealth". This name was borne by a 13th-century Lithuanian ruler of Pskov who is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church.

Domantas m Lithuanian
From the Lithuanian root do- "to give" combined with mantus "intelligent" or manta "property, wealth". It is sometimes conflated with Daumantas.

Domantė f Lithuanian
Feminine form of Domantas.

Domas m Lithuanian
Short form of Dominykas or Domantas.

Eimantas m Lithuanian
From the Lithuanian root ei- "to go" combined with mantus "intelligent" or manta "property, wealth".

Eimantė f Lithuanian
Feminine form of Eimantas.

Fahim m Arabic
Means "intelligent, scholar" in Arabic.

Fahima f Arabic
Feminine form of Fahim.

Fahmida f Urdu
Urdu feminine form of Fahim.

Farjana f Bengali
Alternate transcription of Farzana.

Farzana f Pashto, Urdu, Bengali
Pashto, Urdu and Bengali form of Farzaneh.

Farzaneh f Persian
Means "wise, intelligent" in Persian.

Farzona f Tajik
Tajik form of Farzaneh.

Fatin 2 m Arabic
Means "intelligent, clever" in Arabic.

Fehim m Turkish
Turkish form of Fahim.

Fehime f Turkish
Turkish feminine form of Fahim.

Huệ f Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 慧 (huệ) meaning "bright, intelligent" or 蕙 (huệ) meaning "tuberose (flower)".

Hui f & m Chinese
From Chinese 慧 (huì) meaning "intelligent, wise" (which is usually only feminine), 辉 (huī) meaning "brightness", besides other characters that are pronounced similarly.

Hye m Korean
From Sino-Korean 慧 (hye) meaning "bright, intelligent" or other characters that are pronounced in the same way. Although it does appear rarely as a single-character name, it is more often used in combination with another character. A notable bearer was a 6th-century king of Baekje.

Hye-Jin f Korean
From Sino-Korean 慧 (hye) meaning "bright, intelligent" or 惠 (hye) meaning "favour, benefit" combined with 珍 (jin) meaning "precious, rare". This name can be formed by a variety of other hanja character combinations as well.

Ji-Hye f Korean
From a Sino-Korean compound meaning "wisdom", formed of the hanja characters 智 (ji) meaning "wisdom, intellect" and 慧 (hye) meaning "bright, intelligent". This name can also be formed from other character combinations.

Ji-Min f & m Korean
From Sino-Korean 志 (ji) meaning "will, purpose, ambition" or 智 (ji) meaning "wisdom, intellect" combined with 旼 (min) meaning "gentle, affable", 敏 (min) meaning "quick, clever, sharp" or 珉 (min) meaning "jade, stone resembling jade". Other hanja character combinations are possible.

Karan m Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi
From Sanskrit करण (karaṇa) meaning "clever, skillful".

Kei m & f Japanese
From Japanese 慧 (kei) meaning "intelligent", 圭 (kei) meaning "gemstone" or 慶 (kei) meaning "celebration". This name can also be formed from other kanji or kanji combinations.

Mantas m Lithuanian
From Lithuanian mantus meaning "intelligent, clever" or manta meaning "property, wealth". Herkus Mantas was a 13th-century Prussian hero who fought against the Teutonic Knights.

Mantvydas m Lithuanian
From Lithuanian mantus "intelligent" or manta "property, wealth" combined with the root vyd- "to see".

Mergen m Turkmen
Means "sharp-eyed" in Turkmen.

Min 1 m & f Chinese, Korean
From 敏 (mǐn) meaning "quick, clever, sharp", 民 (mín) meaning "people, citizens", or other Chinese/Sino-Korean characters that are pronounced similarly.

Min-Ji f Korean
From Sino-Korean 敏 (min) meaning "quick, clever, sharp" combined with 智 (ji) meaning "wisdom, intellect" or 知 (ji) meaning "know, perceive, comprehend". Other hanja combinations are possible.

Min-Jun m Korean
From Sino-Korean 敏 (min) meaning "quick, clever, sharp" or 旼 (min) meaning "gentle, affable" combined with 俊 (jun) meaning "talented, handsome". Other hanja combinations are possible.

Min-Seo f & m Korean
From Sino-Korean 民 (min) meaning "people, citizens" or 敏 (min) meaning "quick, clever, sharp" combined with 徐 (seo) meaning "slowly, calmly, composed, dignified" or 序 (seo) meaning "series, sequence". This name can also be formed from other character combinations.

Montague m English (Rare)
From an aristocratic English surname meaning "sharp mountain", from Old French mont agu. In Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet (1596) this is the surname of Romeo and his family.

Nobutoshi m Japanese
From Japanese 信 (nobu) meaning "trust" and 敏 (toshi) meaning "quick, clever, sharp". Other kanji combinations can also form this name.

Rimantas m Lithuanian
From Lithuanian rimti "to calm down" combined with mantus "intelligent" or manta "property, wealth".

Rimas m Lithuanian
Short form of Rimantas.

Satomi f Japanese
From Japanese 里 (sato) meaning "village" or 聡 (sato) meaning "intelligent, clever, bright" combined with 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Satoru m Japanese
From Japanese 悟 (satoru) meaning "enlightenment" or 聡 (satoru) meaning "intelligent, clever". Other kanji with the same pronunciation can also form this name.

Satoshi m Japanese
From Japanese 聡 (satoshi) meaning "intelligent, clever", 智 (satoshi) meaning "wisdom, intellect", or other kanji and kanji combinations that are read the same way.

Seong-Min m Korean
From Sino-Korean 成 (seong) meaning "completed, finished, succeeded" or 性 (seong) meaning "nature, character, sex" combined with 敏 (min) meaning "quick, clever, sharp" or 旻 (min) meaning "quick, clever, sharp". Many other hanja character combinations are possible.

Sofoklis m Greek
Modern Greek form of Sophocles.

Sophocles m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
From the Greek name Σοφοκλῆς (Sophokles), which was derived from Greek σοφός (sophos) meaning "skilled, clever" and κλέος (kleos) meaning "glory". Sophocles was a celebrated 5th-century BC dramatist from Athens.

Sophokles m Ancient Greek
Greek form of Sophocles.

Sophos m Ancient Greek
Greek form of Sophus.

Sophus m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
From the Greek name Σόφος (Sophos) meaning "skilled, clever".

Sung-Min m Korean
Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 성민 (see Seong-Min).

Tatsuo m Japanese
From Japanese 達 (tatsu) meaning "achieve" combined with 夫 (o) meaning "man, husband". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.

Tatsuya m Japanese
From Japanese 達 (tatsu) meaning "achieve" combined with 也 (ya) meaning "to be". Other kanji combinations having the same reading are also possible.

Toshiko f Japanese
From Japanese 敏 (toshi) meaning "quick, clever, sharp" and 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji characters can also form this name.

Toshirō m Japanese
From Japanese 俊 (toshi) meaning "talented, handsome" or 敏 (toshi) meaning "quick, clever, sharp" combined with 郎 (rō) meaning "son". This name can also be formed from other combinations of kanji characters.

Vida 4 f Lithuanian
Feminine form of Vidas.

Vidas m Lithuanian
Short form of Vidmantas, used independently.

Vidmantas m Lithuanian
From the Lithuanian root vyd- "to see" combined with mantus "intelligent" or manta "property, wealth".

Vilmantas m Lithuanian
From Lithuanian viltis "hope" combined with mantus "intelligent" or manta "property, wealth".

Vilmantė f Lithuanian
Feminine form of Vilmantas.

Vydmantas m Lithuanian
Variant of Vidmantas.

Ying f & m Chinese
From Chinese 英 (yīng) meaning "flower, petal, brave, hero", 颖 (yǐng) meaning "clever", or 影 (yǐng) meaning "image, shadow", as well as other characters that are pronounced similarly.

Zeki m Turkish
Means "intelligent, clever" in Turkish, ultimately from Arabic ذكيّ (dhakīy).

Zekiye f Turkish
Feminine form of Zeki.